Monument record WNN 029 - Cropmark of settlement enclosures of uncertain date
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 3561 5182 (282m by 393m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM35SE |
| Civil Parish | WANTISDEN, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (22)
- SETTLEMENT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD?)
- ENCLOSURE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- BUILDING PLATFORM? (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH? (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD?)
- TRACKWAY? (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD?)
- PIT (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRAINAGE DITCH? (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD?)
- SETTLEMENT? (Unknown date)
- SETTLEMENT? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD?)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD?)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD?)
- ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD?)
- TRACKWAY? (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD?)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH? (Unknown date)
Full Description
November 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Beauty National Mapping Programme.
The cropmarks and soilmarks of a series of conjoined enclosures, boundaries and tracks are visible as aerial photographs (S1-S4). These are located within a valley, potentially the line of a former watercourse, the edge of which formed the parish boundary between Tunstall and Eyke in the Hoddkinson Map of 1783 (S5). Given the character and location of these enclosures it is possible that they represent common-edge or heathland margin settlement enclosures of a medieval date, although may have continued in use later. However it is feasible that they also relate to earlier, possibly Roman activity.
Some of these boundary ditches may have formed a drainage function also.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 25th November 2015.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF 58/76 V 5026 27-JUL-1948 (EHA Original Print).
- <S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF 58/76 V 5041-2 27-JUL-1948 (EHA Original Print).
- <S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF 58/97 V 5015 24-AUG-1948 (EHA Original Print).
- <S4> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 25-MAY-2011 ACCESSED 18-NOV-2015 (Digital).
- <S5> SSF7563 Cartographic materials: Hodskinson, J.. 1783. The County of Suffolk surveyed.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jul 13 2022 10:06PM